Know Your Rights in Charter Schools

…with disabilities attending public schools, including public charter schools, be educated with students who are nondisabled. Clarifies that students with disabilities attending charter schools retain all IDEA rights and protections…

School Choice: Charter Schools and Vouchers

…series of the National Council on Disability. Both are available in Word and PDF formats, at: https://ncd.gov/publications/2018/school-choice-report-series Charter Schools — Implications for Students with Disabilities Charter Schools provides an in-depth…

Dear Colleague Letter: Charter Schools

…schools apply equally to public charter schools. The new guidance highlights critical subjects that have arisen in charter schools, including the schools’ obligations to avoid discrimination in admissions practices and…

Every Student Succeeds Act: Advancing Equity for Children with Disabilities in Charter Schools

…Ph.D., Executive Director of National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, provides an overview of charter schools and their responsibilities to students with disabilities as well as a summary…

Subpart B of the Part B Regulations: State Eligibility

…students attending public schools in the LEA consistent with §300.301. (f) Out-of-State children. Each LEA in which private, including religious, elementary schools and secondary schools are located must, in carrying…

Subpart C of the Part B Regulations: LEA Eligibility

…these regulations with respect to charter schools that are public schools of the LEA, the LEA must— (i) Serve children with disabilities attending those charter schools in the same manner…

Subapartado C: Elegibilidad de Agencias Educacionales Locales

…their students. (a) Rights of children with disabilities. Children with disabilities who attend public charter schools and their parents retain all rights under this part. (b) Charter schools that are…

One-Stop List of Recent Guidances from the U.S. Department of Education

…with Disabilities in Public Charter Schools under IDEA 2-page fact sheet (2 pages, PDF, 100 kb) entitled Know Your Rights: Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools Additional resources from the…

Subpart G of the Part B Regulations: Use of Funds

…21; multiplied by— (ii) Forty (40) percent of the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary schools and secondary schools in the United States (as defined in §300.717); and (2) For…

Subpart A of the Part B Regulations: General Provisions

…with disabilities, including: (i) The State educational agency (SEA). (ii) Local educational agencies (LEAs), educational service agencies (ESAs), and public charter schools that are not otherwise included as LEAs or…